Greg Barradale, Author at Big Issue

Greg Barradale

Greg is a Senior Reporter for the Big Issue. He reports on social affairs ranging from asylum and homelessness, to public transport and protests. He was a winner of the News and Investigations category at the MHP 30toWatch awards 2023, and was shortlisted for feature writer of the year at the 2023 BSME Talent Awards. If you've got a story which you think needs covering, email him at greg.barradale@bigissue.com

Farming

'We'll have to get more militant': The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate

Social Justice

More than 16 million people in poverty, report finds – with deprivation at highest level in decades

Temporary Accommodation

'Time to dump the housing ladder': Inside the fightback against the temporary housing crisis

a woman sitting in a bed wrapped in a duvet

Energy bills

Energy bills set to rise in January as millions 'dangerously' rationing heating

Homelessness

'Punitive' asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: 'It's fuelling injustice'

Josh Finan as Gerry Adams in Say Nothing

'Don’t judge the person you’re playing': Say Nothing actor Josh Finan on playing Gerry Adams

Farming

Farming is the country's least diverse industry. Meet the man on a mission to change it

Drug deaths

My son died after taking deadly nitazenes, aged 33. Why did nobody save his life?

Sairah Javed

Vulnerable asylum seekers need lawyers. Here's how Labour can fix the legal aid scandal

Autumn budget

'It could have been from Gordon Brown': Experts weigh in on how radical Labour's budget really is